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The Phrygian alphabet was derived from the Phoenician alphabet and is almost identical to the early West Greek alphabets. The alphabet consists of 19 letters – 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and 14 consonants (b, g, d, v, z, y, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t). [1]
Used to write: Phrygian; Phrygian alphabet. The Greek and Latin equivalents are shown under each letter, and their pronunciation is given where known. Sample text in Phrygian. Links. Information about the Phrygian language and alphabet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_language http://www.maravot.com/Phrygian.html http://phrygians.org ...
Indo-European topics. The Phrygians ( Greek: Φρύγες, Phruges or Phryges) were an ancient Indo-European speaking people who inhabited central-western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) in antiquity. Ancient Greek authors used "Phrygian" as an umbrella term to describe a vast ethno-cultural complex located mainly in the central areas of Anatolia ...
Phrygian language, ancient Indo-European language of west-central Anatolia. Textual evidence for Phrygian falls into two distinct groups. Old Phrygian texts date from the 8th to 3rd centuries bce and are written in an alphabet related to but different from that of Greek.
The Phrygian language. Phrygian is one of the oldest and least attested Indo-European languages. It is far from being completely understood and decipherment is still in progress. Unlike other poorly attested languages, Phrygian has written records in the Phrygian and later the Greek alphabet.
Sep 5, 2019 · The Phrygian language, as attested by inscriptions, was still in use in the 3rd century CE, although it is called New Phrygian by historians to distinguish it from the Old Phrygian used when the kingdom itself was in existence (the link between the two was likely created by the language being spoken only as a vernacular in the interim).
